Given that the established standard measurement for this article is metric, this should come first in conversions

The unit of measurement used is based upon whatever form was used in the source. These are generally imperial as that was the unit of measure in Canada till the 1970s.

Metric is the standard for the article and all numbers are either metric or converted into metric. To clarify this I have removed converts from metric into imperial.

I don't know of a feature in the convert template that allows for them to be flipped around.

"posthumously awarded the Victoria Corss" - spellingdone.

Need general copyedit for grammar and clarity

Examples and greater clarification needed in this area --Labattblueboy (talk) 01:48, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

"under the understanding" - example of awkward wording

missing commas in some places, a few other punctuation errors

"and y 2:00 pm" - ?

"decided that the Allward’s" - example of grammatical error

A good read to check for flow and grammar should fix most of these issues, and they have been improved by your edits so far. Nikkimaria (talk) 02:48, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Just finished a copy edit. There are a couple instances of passive text that can't be helped but beyond that appears to be in good shape. Have a quick review and lets see if we can get this one out of the way. --Labattblueboy (talk) 19:05, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Be consistent in whether using pm or p.m or p.m. (and for a(.)m(.))

standardized as am and pm. Only found one instance of the error. done --Labattblueboy (talk) 00:43, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

"His idea for the memorial having apparently been inspired by a wartime dream that he had" - here, changing the verb tense will make it a complete sentence. There were a few occurrences of this type of error.

Lead says memorial is specifically for those dead at Vimy (and in addition those dead in France with no known grave), while the infobox says in general WWI Canadians dead in France. Also, was anyone missing and presumed dead at Vimy? Should be mentioned with casualties in Battle of Vimy Ridge section

Clarified role. Serves principally as a national memorial not battle memorial.

Yes, there are those with unknown graves from the battle. I haven't see sources however for the number involved in the battle and now commemorated on the memorial. However, they would be included in the battle casualty figures as killed normally included missing and presumed dead.--Labattblueboy (talk) 04:57, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Per WP:MoS, "single-digit whole numbers from zero to nine are spelled out in words"done.

You differentiate "architects, designers, sculptors and artists", but then say "commissioned each artist" - maybe replace the second "artist" with "finalist"done.

The article says that Vimy was the first time that all four divisions of the Expeditionary Force fought together; the text says the Corps. Which is correct?corrected and cited

Citations needed for:completed

At approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) in length and culminating at an elevation of 145 metres (480 ft) or 60 metres (200 ft) above the Douai Plains, the ridge provides a natural unobstructed view for tens of kilometres in all directions.cited

His idea for the memorial having apparently been inspired by a wartime dream that he hadcited.

Construction of the memorial commenced in 1925 and took eleven yearscited.

the Government of Canada made a special Vimy passport available to pilgrims, without costcited.

The site is the largest site dedicated to the memory of the Canadians killed during the First World Warremoved

The standing man is supposed to represent Canada’s sympathy for the oppressedcited.

symbolize the unity and sacrifice of both countriescited.

the most senior figures representing Justice and Peacepartiallycited, still need to cite term Chorus.--Labattblueboy (talk) 02:11, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Carved on the walls of the monument are the names of 11,285 Canadians who were killed in France and whose final resting place is unknowncited

Sheldon, Duffy, Simkins are in Footnotes but not in References. done

Rose is in References, but there's no Rose & Nathanaildone

The rose ref. is actually Rose & Nathanail, error in ref. corrected.

Some of the links from Footnotes to References are not workingdone

corrected Turner error, all refs now link.

All web references should have access dates (and author/publisher where available)done

publisher added where it was previously missing.

inserted accessdate for citations linking to urls. Links also verified and where needed corrected.

Format issue with final few Footnotesdone

There are two Nicholson references, but some of the entries in notes have no datesdone

Student theses aren't the best sources, and should be avoided wherever possible

I would normally fully agree however this paper has been cited in academically reviewed books by leading authors in the field, including; Art or memorial?: the forgotten history of Canada's war art by Dr. Laura Brandon (a historian at Canadian War Museum) and Death so noble: memory, meaning, and the First World War by Jonathan Franklin William Vance. It's even received some H-net notation[1] even though it's over 10 years old.--Labattblueboy (talk) 03:53, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

If only 3 memorial sites were awarded in Belgium, why are there 4 in the template at the bottom?

Canada was awarded 3 in Belgium. The fourth, the Menin Gate memorial, is a British/Commonwealth memorial to commemorate the missing killed in Belgium. Canadian soldiers killed in Belgium are commemorated there although Canada had no involvement in its construction.--Labattblueboy (talk) 01:44, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Some problems with WP:WTA - certain words introduce an editorial bias to the article and should be avoided review needed

Please review and let me know if there are any further examples that need to be addressed.--Labattblueboy (talk) 05:47, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

"government was not however in the position to" - this isn't so much neutrality as a grammar issue, so "however" may be included in a carefully modified sentence

"In a clear reference to the famous poem" - "clear" is editorializing here, unless it's a direct quote

I'll let you make the call on this one. Bradon p. 13, Macintyre p. 155 and the War Museum website all note the sculpture as being a rather obvious reference to the poem's last stanza. "Clearly" is normally a WTA bur in this case I don't really see what other word to use given its a rather obvious reference.--Labattblueboy (talk) 19:19, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

In that case, your best option would probably be either to quote one of those sources directly, or say at the end of the sentence ", a reference to...", as both "clear" and "famous" are a bit problematic in this contextDone

Beyond those, the only remaining problem is some grammatical errors. Once these issues are addressed, I will be happy to promote the article. Nikkimaria (talk) 16:35, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

I will look at finishing off the grammar this weekend. --Labattblueboy (talk) 19:19, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

It's way in the background and you can barely even see it when the image is expanded to full. An image of the model exists in the memorial section of the article. --Labattblueboy (talk) 00:12, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Just out of curiosity, why are all the gallery images in black and white except one (or maybe two, can't tell)?

One user uploaded a number of very good images of sections of the memorial in black and white. the black and white images didn't really do with those that were in colour. I did apparently forget to convert [Vimy Memorial - Spirit of Sacrifice figure.jpg] into black and white. I can certainly do so if you believe it should be consistent. --Labattblueboy (talk) 00:12, 19 September 2009 (UTC)